Pete Buttigieg says president ‘considered safety of American people’ but Marco Rubio criticizes eight-day wait
“The president gave instructions to have it shot down in a way that was safe,” Buttigieg told CNN’s State of the Union, of the operation off the Carolina coast on Saturday.
China said it reserved the right to “take further actions”, criticising the US for “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice”. On Saturday, BeijingUS officials said the balloon entered the US air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on 28 January and moved across Alaska and into Canadian airspace. It crossed Idaho on Tuesday, the day the White House said Biden was briefed.
The balloon was spotted on Saturday over the Carolinas. The Federal Aviation Administration closed airspace, rerouting air traffic and warning of delays. Buttigieg said the FAA “worked very closely with the Pentagon … and the operation was put in place without pain, damage or injury to any Americans, lives or property”.
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